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University education. Students enrolled. By sex and universities

Ensenyament universitari. Alumnes matriculats. Per sexe i universitats Catalonia. School year 2002/2003
Homes Dones Total
Alumnes matriculats 104,612 120,947 225,559
Sistema universitari públic 81,027 97,224 178,251
Universitat de Barcelona 21,698 37,955 59,653
Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona 15,006 24,014 39,020
Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya 24,746 9,090 33,836
Universitat Pompeu Fabra 4,170 6,005 10,175
Universitat de Girona 5,594 7,477 13,071
Universitat de Lleida 4,537 5,307 9,844
Universitat Rovira i Virgili 5,276 7,376 12,652
Sistema universitari privat 8,874 11,818 20,692
Universitat Ramon Llull 6,144 7,491 13,635
Universitat de Vic-Universitat Central de Catalunya 1,609 2,894 4,503
Universitat Internacional de Catalunya 1,121 1,433 2,554
Universitat Oberta de Catalunya 14,711 11,905 26,616
Source: Departament d'Universitats, Recerca i Societat de la Informació.

Last update: June 18, 2009.

Methodological note

Definition of concepts

University education
Education that seeks to prepare and specialise professionals, foster cultural progress and develop research. Access to university requires candidates to pass PAAU (university entrance aptitude tests). In the case of university colleges there is a set of reserved places for students proceeding from CFGS or FP2. University can also be accessed by people aged over twenty-five years that pass regulatory university entrance exams as proposed by universities, even though they do not possess the batxiller certificate. University education taken in higher technical colleges and faculties involves three cycles: first cycle studies, first and second cycle studies, second cycle studies and third cycle studies. Since the Bologna Plan came into force, university certificates are structured into three cycles: bachelor's degree, masters and doctorate. Bachelor's degrees replace diplomas and licentiates. Masters courses are for acquiring specialised training focused on research and the professional world. The aim of doctorate courses is to offer students advanced training in research techniques.

Methodological aspects

We have used the information obtained from the statistics services of Catalan universities. Data is offered on the number of teachers, and students enrolled at and qualified by the private and public universities that make up the Catalan university system. Data is also included in relation to the number of students taking third cycle (PhD and continuing education) courses. Since the Bologna Plan came into force (2010), information has been included on students enrolled for official degrees and masters. At the moment there are two coexisting systems until the expiry of the old plan. Data is also provided on PhD theses, and on students on the different student mobility programmes.

The mobility data for the Catalan university system are made up of all the students who take part in mobility actions, whether through international programmes or bilateral agreements with the different universities, and both the students who come and those who leave.

Catalan universities are:

Name Year established
University of Barcelona (UB) 1837
Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB) 1968
Polytechnic University of Catalonia (UPC) 1971
Pompeu Fabra University (UPF) 1990
University of Lleida (UdL) 1991
University of Girona (UdG) 1991
Rovira i Virgili University (URV) 1991
Open University of Catalonia (UOC) 1995
Ramon Llull University (URL) 1991
University of Vic (UVic) the 2014 renamed University of Vic-Central University of Catalonia (UVic-UCC) 1997
Internacional University of Catalonia (UIC) 1997
Abat Oliba CEU University (UAO) 2003

Unavailable information is represented using the symbol ":". When the value is lower than that of the minimum unit to be able to estimate the statistical operation or if it effects statistical confidentiality, the symbol used is "..".